- Object type
- Clothing and accessories
- Date
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Production: Early 20th century
Regulation: 1895 - Subject(s)
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Gender
Uniform
Nursing - Associated activity
- First Aid Duty
- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 85 x 220 x 180mm
- Materials and technique
- Straw bonnet with velvet detailing.
- Physical description
- Black and white bonnet with black straw base and black velvet hem ruching. Lined with black satin fabric and a white ribbon ruching under the brim with two white ribbons on either side of the back of the bonnet.
- Themes
- Nursing Hats: Tracing Gender and Duty through Uniform
- References
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The Order of St John. Dress Regulations for St. John Ambulance Adults, Cadets and Badgers. St. John Supplies: London, 1895.
Page 12
The Order of St John. Dress Regulations for St. John Ambulance Adults, Cadets and Badgers. St. John Supplies: London, 1902.
Page 37 - Catalogue number
- SJA902
Nursing Member's bonnet
This women's Nursing member's bonnet was made in the early 20th century as a reproduction of the bonnet detailed in the 1895 Dress Regulations. The straps would have made it quite fiddly to wear for effective first aid delivery.